The Bull Creek Preserve — Attraction in Austin

Please be aware, stay vigilant of your car and valuables at all times here. Yesterday me and my mom went here, we hid our purses out of sight, locked the car, and left. About approximately 30mins - 1 hr later as we were hiking, my mom receives a text message from her bank asking her to confirm if she was making a purchase at best buy for over $1000. Luckily, the bank detected this as fraudulent and suspicious activity and locked her card automatically. We went back to the car and as we’re getting ready to leave we noticed that the window from the driver’s side was broken, there was glass everywhere and our purses were missing. Her car had been broken into, they took everything and we lost valuables, cash, identification cards, credit/debit cards, passports, etc. Unfortunately, police is useless and will tell you to either call 311 and/or make a report online yourself and expect a call back from APD within 14 days. We left and went back home devastated, not caring much for the cash that was stolen which was over $200 but more so for our identification cards, my mom’s passport, and all the important cards and documents that were also taken. When we got back home, I checked my email only for me to notice I had received two emails from the bank notifying me that these people who broke into our car had attempted to make the same purchase at bestbuy of over $1000 using my card as well and then tried to make another purchase at Walmart soon after. Please stay safe when coming here and leave your valuables at home if you can. It all happened so quick and we’re guessing that these people are already parked somewhere watching who’s coming and whose car...

Summary: I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE.

I noticed shattered glass in the parking area upon arrival and was suspicious because of that. We parked our car with nearly 5 vacant car spots on either side. Despite questioning the safety of the place, my wife and I went for a quick walk to the trail and we were back to our car within 5-10 minutes. On our return there was a shady/wrecked Mazda Miata parked next to us and people started quickly walking away from our car. These people walked back to another group of their friends at the entrance of parking lot and started to drink/pretending to drink beer under the trees. Seemed super sketchy and unsafe. We felt lucky that we prevented them from breaking into our vehicle in seconds. I do NOT recommend this place just because of these mischievous individuals. I don’t know how they can sleep at night with such actions/ thought process/lifestyle they definitely need some help.

County or city has to preserve these natural areas and provide some...

When we arrived we noticed the staggering amounts of broken glass everywhere. So while we ate some food we brought, I thumbed through a few reviews about the break-ins. I felt uneasy about walking away from the car, so I took all valuables with me and kept the doors unlocked. I was the only car parked there, but after a few minutes up the trail, I decided to turn back to retrieve a water bottle. Two more cars were in the lot and a guy was in my car, rummaging around. They booked it when I walked into the parking lot. One car was poised to look down the trail at me, definitely seemed like a look- out. We will be avoiding this section of Bull Creek, which is a shame because the small falls we saw...